Artist Residency Award

Kilkenny County Council Arts Office offers Artist’s Residency Bursaries to support both emerging and established practitioners in developing their work. These awards provide funding for a one-week residency at Greywood Arts, Cork, a respected rural arts centre dedicated to fostering creativity, experimentation and artistic exchange.

The bursary is designed to give artists uninterrupted time to focus on their practice in a supportive and stimulating environment. Whether you are researching new ideas, developing a specific project, or exploring new directions in your work, the residency provides the space and resources to work intensively and reflectively. Greywood Arts offers artists the opportunity to engage with a creative community while benefiting from high-quality facilities and the inspiring surroundings of the Cork countryside. This setting encourages artistic growth, collaboration, and the advancement of individual practice across all art forms. By removing some of the financial pressures associated with residencies, this bursary enables Kilkenny-based artists to invest in their creative development. It plays an important role in sustaining and strengthening artistic practice locally, while also supporting artists to expand their work within a wider creative context.